Principles of management and leadership
Unit CU3957: Principles of Management and Leadership Assignment
Within this assignment I will describe my understanding of the links between management and leadership, the skills and styles of management and leadership, the application of management and leadership theories in an organisational context and planning for the development of management and leadership skills.
1. Management and Leadership Links
To fully explain the relationship between Leadership and Management we need to appreciate that the two go hand in hand, they are by no means the same thing but they complement each other when driving any team to perform and exceed targets within a business. The manager’s job is very task-focused. They often have to follow company procedures and guidelines to ensure department KPI’s and objectives are achieved. They are heavily involved with the planning and co-ordinating of the team. The leadership role is much more people focused, ensuring that the team understands what their role is within achieving both department and business objectives, the leader provides the motivation and drive for someone to achieve (McPheat,2013). Bennis (2003) composed a list of differences between the manager and the leader two of which I have detailed here as I think these help differentiate the difference between the two; ` The manager maintains the leader develops’, `the manager focuses on systems and structure, the leader focuses on the people’.
Daisy Group PLC’s business organisational objective is to be the UK’s number one communications provider. My management and leadership role takes on many styles to meet the needs of different situations when managing a team of 10 credit controllers in order to achieve this business goal. As explained by Goleman (1996) a good leader must be emotionally sensitive to know which styles to adopt depending on the different situation. Within his book 6 styles are outlined, Visionary, Coaching, Affiliative, Democratic, Pacesetting and
Within this assignment I will describe my understanding of the links between management and leadership, the skills and styles of management and leadership, the application of management and leadership theories in an organisational context and planning for the development of management and leadership skills.
1. Management and Leadership Links
To fully explain the relationship between Leadership and Management we need to appreciate that the two go hand in hand, they are by no means the same thing but they complement each other when driving any team to perform and exceed targets within a business. The manager’s job is very task-focused. They often have to follow company procedures and guidelines to ensure department KPI’s and objectives are achieved. They are heavily involved with the planning and co-ordinating of the team. The leadership role is much more people focused, ensuring that the team understands what their role is within achieving both department and business objectives, the leader provides the motivation and drive for someone to achieve (McPheat,2013). Bennis (2003) composed a list of differences between the manager and the leader two of which I have detailed here as I think these help differentiate the difference between the two; ` The manager maintains the leader develops’, `the manager focuses on systems and structure, the leader focuses on the people’.
Daisy Group PLC’s business organisational objective is to be the UK’s number one communications provider. My management and leadership role takes on many styles to meet the needs of different situations when managing a team of 10 credit controllers in order to achieve this business goal. As explained by Goleman (1996) a good leader must be emotionally sensitive to know which styles to adopt depending on the different situation. Within his book 6 styles are outlined, Visionary, Coaching, Affiliative, Democratic, Pacesetting and